September 30, 2013, 3:33PM

St. Charles Parish District Court Judge Michele Morel, who recused herself from a rape case involving a 10-year-old victim on Friday, citing threats, has told the Sheriff's Office "there's nothing" local authorities can do about the threats. According to a news release issued Monday by St. Charles Parish Sheriff Greg Champagne's office, one of Morel's staff members called authorities... Full story »

September 30, 2013, 3:07PM

Slidell Police Chief Randy Smith announced the following arrests: Sept. 22, 2013 Octivio Sales, 28, of 915 N Pine Street, Slidell was arrested on driving while intoxicated, careless operation and no driver's license charges. Latrice Wilson, 27, of 988 Asheville Drive, Slidell was arrested on an accessory after the fact to resisting an officer by flight charge. Jacolby Johnson,... Full story »

September 30, 2013, 2:25PM

A Louisiana sheriff says the wife of a man accused of killing a pastor filed a rape complaint against the preacher two days before he was killed. However, Calcasieu Parish Sheriff Tony Mancuso said Monday that investigators are trying to determine whether the woman's relationship with the pastor was consensual. Mancuso says the woman and preacher had exchanged text messages,... Full story »

September 30, 2013, 12:37PM

A Jefferson Parish official in charge of administering federal grants abruptly resigned last week. Director of Community Development Anatola Thompson's resignation was effective Sept. 26, according to an email on that date from Chief Administrative Officer Chris Cox to Parish Council members. No reason for the resignation was publicly given. The Slabbed blog reported the resignation the following day.... Full story »

September 30, 2013, 11:26AM

The following arrests were reported by law enforcement agencies in East Jefferson and the West Bank. Sept. 24 Angela Frey, 28, 2120 Dartmouth St., Terrytown, was arrested in the 7400 block of Airline Drive in Metairie and booked with possession of hydrocodone and possession of alprazolam. Zeki Yildiz, 49, 4425 Chastant St., Metairie, was arrested in the 600 block... Full story »

September 30, 2013, 10:24AM

Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office detectives have arrested a New Orleans man in the kidnapping of a friend's 1-year-old daughter who was returned home in good health. Authorities found the girl shortly after her father reported her missing from their Pomona Street home in Metairie around 5 a.m. Sunday, according to Col. John Fortunato, spokesman for the department. The girl's 27-year-old... Full story »

September 29, 2013, 10:29PM

A grand jury has handed up indictments charging two men in unrelated rape cases, including a 17-year-old accused of holding his victim at gunpoint and forcing her out of her vehicle before sexually assaulting her and a man investigators say was involved in a gang rape 23 years ago. James Bryant, who was 16 at the time police say... Full story »

September 29, 2013, 9:07PM

The daughter of a southwest Louisiana pastor who was killed at a revival service says that if her father could talk to his killer, he'd say, "I forgive you and I love you." Ronald Harris Sr. was a man who picked his five grandchildren up from school every day and took them for a snack, a man who loved to... Full story »

September 29, 2013, 9:06PM

When Dominique Macquet heard about the death of New Orleans Police Officer Rodney Thomas in a hit-and-run on the Interstate 10 high-rise in July, he knew immediately he wanted to do something to honor the man he had come to know as a dedicated public servant while working his Magazine Street detail. Macquet, owner of Dominique's on Magazine, was... Full story »

September 29, 2013, 8:41AM

Two men were shot late Saturday night at the intersection of North Miro and St. Philip streets. The incident was called in at 2:18 a.m. Sunday. The victims, ages 23 and 28, were walking down on the 2200 block of St. Philip when a gunman opened fire, NOPD spokesman officer Frank Robertson said. The 23-year-old sustained a wound in the... Full story »

September 28, 2013, 12:40PM

A Louisiana pastor was fatally shot as he preached to a crowd of more than 60 during a revival service and a suspect has been arrested, law enforcement officials said Saturday. The shooting at about 8:20 p.m. Friday was at Tabernacle of Praise Worship Center in Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Kim Myers said Saturday. Sixty-five people... Full story »